Fisher2007
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Looking for ideas for the following, if anyone has any please...
So for my soon to be 45cm cube I'm going with dragon stone and carpeting plants, plus a couple stems at the back. The dragon stone pieces I intend to put almost vertical with the larger ones at the back. They will have a slight slant to the right or left to create an interesting form/layout overall and a pathway through the middle. I was fortunate enough to go to Aquarium Gardens a couple of weeks ago and had a play in their sandpit (thanks again Steven!) and have selected a few rocks already which should look great. The rocks will be sat in/on soil (a mix of probidio (the small balls) capped with tropica powder). The soil will be banked towards the back, so slopping from an inch or so at the front to maybe 6 or 8 inches at the back. The concern I have is how stable will the rock be and what can I do to improve that?
In the sandpit it felt ok but equally also felt like if I were to knock it whilst doing maintenance I'd be forever chasing my tail rescaping, which I don't really want. I also want to try and get the rock up a bit higher, so less is in the soil, and that's where I'm looking for ideas - a way of creating more height (less rock in the soil) and some stability
Right now I'm thinking;
- JBL mineral rock - the small lava pieces as a base. Never used it but heard it locks together well and would be a more stable base for the larger pieces of rock?
- Putting some rock under the dragon stone. I have a few granite cobbles in the garden which are unused and pretty square. Maybe I could use these as a base to the dragon stone
- Oase foamfix. Either to stick the cobbles and dragon stone together or just to spray a lump, leave to harden slightly and then push the dragon stone into that. I've never used it before so not sure if that would work but have used normal expanding foam so I'm assuming it's not too dissimilar
- D&D epoxy or equivalent. I've used this loads of times in my marine days. Again to hold the cobble to the dragon stone
- Bury some more dragon stone pieces below the soil to create a base
- Or some mix of the above
Anyone got any experience or suggestions?
Cheers
So for my soon to be 45cm cube I'm going with dragon stone and carpeting plants, plus a couple stems at the back. The dragon stone pieces I intend to put almost vertical with the larger ones at the back. They will have a slight slant to the right or left to create an interesting form/layout overall and a pathway through the middle. I was fortunate enough to go to Aquarium Gardens a couple of weeks ago and had a play in their sandpit (thanks again Steven!) and have selected a few rocks already which should look great. The rocks will be sat in/on soil (a mix of probidio (the small balls) capped with tropica powder). The soil will be banked towards the back, so slopping from an inch or so at the front to maybe 6 or 8 inches at the back. The concern I have is how stable will the rock be and what can I do to improve that?
In the sandpit it felt ok but equally also felt like if I were to knock it whilst doing maintenance I'd be forever chasing my tail rescaping, which I don't really want. I also want to try and get the rock up a bit higher, so less is in the soil, and that's where I'm looking for ideas - a way of creating more height (less rock in the soil) and some stability
Right now I'm thinking;
- JBL mineral rock - the small lava pieces as a base. Never used it but heard it locks together well and would be a more stable base for the larger pieces of rock?
- Putting some rock under the dragon stone. I have a few granite cobbles in the garden which are unused and pretty square. Maybe I could use these as a base to the dragon stone
- Oase foamfix. Either to stick the cobbles and dragon stone together or just to spray a lump, leave to harden slightly and then push the dragon stone into that. I've never used it before so not sure if that would work but have used normal expanding foam so I'm assuming it's not too dissimilar
- D&D epoxy or equivalent. I've used this loads of times in my marine days. Again to hold the cobble to the dragon stone
- Bury some more dragon stone pieces below the soil to create a base
- Or some mix of the above
Anyone got any experience or suggestions?
Cheers